Policy recommendations: Practical considerations for the UK in applying and communicating the new UNESCO Recommendation on protecting documentary heritage including in digital form

Tanner, S. (Contributor)

Digital Humanities

Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups

Description

Contributing working group member and advisor for development of UNESCO policy brief.

Period	Jan 2016 → 25 Jul 2016
Held at	Member UNESCO UK National Commission advisory group: protecting documentary heritage including in digital form, United Kingdom

Keywords

UNESCO
digital
Heritage Protection
heritage
documents
Library
Museums
archives

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UNESCO’s Member States voted unanimously in favour of the introduction of a new UNESCO Recommendation on documentary heritage at the 38th Session of the UNESCO General Conference in Paris, November 2015. The UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC) welcomed the introduction of a formal framework for the identification, promotion and preservation of documentary heritage and, in particular, digital heritage. In this policy brief, the UKNC considers where the Recommendation fits within existing structures in the UK for identifying, protecting and promoting documentary heritage. The UKNC also outlines key considerations and challenges for the UK in taking the Recommendation forward as well as offering best practice examples of effective work in this space. The UKNC aims for this policy brief to be of interest to diverse sectors across the UK and hopes that it will provide value to other Member States who are also tasked with taking the Recommendation forward in their own country.